New South Wales’ Western Catchment Management Authority has announced a tender for a feasibility study to determine how the Western Division Conservation Trust Group can initiate a self-generating Trust using Australian and NSW Government funds to facilitate an income stream to landholders for conservation services, according to The Sydney Morning Herald (13/8/2007, p. 27. Read the rest of this entry »

Australian of the Year Dr Flannery gave an address in the Papua New Guinea capital, Port Moresby, calling on industrialised nations buy credits he would sell on behalf of PNG villages, reported The Canberra Times (21/8/2007, p. 2). Read the rest of this entry »

Western Australia’s pastoralists would have the opportunity to have a direct say on the State Government’s proposed model for pastoral leases for environmental management of the rangelands by getting to vote on the model, reported Farm Weekly, (06/09/2007, p.12) quoting State Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah McTiernan.